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The only thing you'll have to learn switching from gas welding over to stick or mig is your speed. Once you get the gas welding down pat, you can go as fast (relatively speaking) or as slow as you want. With stick or mig, once you strike the arc you've got to match your speed to the welder...

The jig I have was actually made for a torch. I took the torch holder off of it and made one to fit the plasma. You can control the plasma with the drag tip going in a circle much easier than you can a torch.

I've got a Miller plasma (don't recall the model but it's one of the bigger ones) and I find it great for some stuff but for thick steel I still grab the torch. It works good on AL but for straight cuts I'd just as soon use a skillsaw or a miter saw with a carbide blade. Where plasma really...

I will say torch welding is still pretty handy when you need to make a small repair out in the field and you don't have one or don't want to drag out the portable welder.

I just counted them up and I have 3 stick welders, 3 migs, a tig, a plasma, and a gasoline welder. I've also got a few extra wire feeders that need work. I really need to get rid of a couple of the migs but two of them were free. They weren't working when I got them but both just had minor...

I've owned both Lincoln and Miller. Can't really say anything bad about either one of them. The only reason I'd pick one brand over the other is if a particular machine had some of the features I liked better than the other. Having been around all types of welding, it seems most fab shops and...

Hobart and Miller are owned by the same company. Most of the new models are the Millers and Hobart is the older model Miller. When I was shopping for a stick buzz box, I was going to go with Hobart 200amp but Miller just came out with a 250amp so I went with the Miller for the extra amperage...

If I have a small field repair to make, most of the time I'll grab small oxy-acetylene setup and head out. If it's a small job it's easier than dragging the portable stick machine out and I can also do cutting or heating if needed.

Everybody always asked me how I learned to TIG. I bought a TIG welder and went to practicing. Before I bought the TIG machine I'd never even held a TIG torch. I also read a couple of good books on the subject. After a month or so and a bunch of scrap AL and iron welded together, a bunch of...

I've got a 251 (older model of the 252). It is a nice machine and handles anything I want to do. I've also got a Miller Deltaweld 451 that a guy gave me that wouldn't work. Turns out all it needed was a on/off switch. That thing's a monster and bigger than anything I need. It's 3ph only which...

The old welders around here say Lincoln for stick and Miller for MIG. As said above, Ford vs Chevy. Only Lincoln machine I have is a old Pipeliner, everything else is Miller (Stick, MIG, TIG, plasma). To me, the Millers just seem to have more options on the same size welder over the Lincoln...

There are all kinds of books out there about welding and you can find some good youtube vids. Here's a pretty good welding forum- http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/

There are a few things I stay away from at HF, welders are one of them. Most of these welds will produce a bead on very thin stuff but a decent welder will be much more easier to use, especially for a beginner. Stick with a name brand welder (Lincoln, Miller, Hobart, etc).